I was always one to stick to small blocks, until I bought a 75 caprice covertible with a factory 454, solely because it was cheap and had a BB. It ran like crap till I tuned it up, and then I was converted.......They pull like freight trains. I remember picking my dad up from the bar one night, and he remarked it didn't seem to have much pickup. WOT resulted in a subdued "oh....ok" And that was an emmisions restrained motor. The car got crushed, but the 454 is waiting for a workover and new home, hehe.
Don't get guides knurled, its well worth it to have new bronze inserts put in. Rob Chevelle 69" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I am still trying to figure out which builder I want to go with on my >396/402. I am tempted to go with doing as much as I can at home, but the >reliability of a local builder that does it all the time and has all the >special tools sounds good, still I won't learn as much. > >In any case, I went into a local speed shop today to talk to them. I was >given a tour. They are mostly a MOPAR shop, but build Chevy's and Fo**'s >as well. He showed me how they were building a 64 wedge engine with a >dual offset quads ..sweet! And a Chevy 560 racing engine in there made >my Big Block look puny. > >The guy showed me more huge machines than I knew existed in a machine >shop. Many of them computer controlled. Looks like a lot of them were >acquired in the second half of the 90's. > >What he said to me sounded pretty good ...the only thing I might have to >do is reign back how much HP he builds into it, as I hope to drive this >thing long distances and I want to be able to pass gas stations as well >as "rice rockets". I mean, I'd hate to have a Rustang laugh at me (I >know, I know ...some of the new ones can really fly).....soooo have to >have a little performance if I ever need it... But at the same time, >there is a limit to what's "logical" for driving it on long trips. Still >I guess many a 502 with 502 HP are driven on ling trips? > >I heard once that you don't want valve guides re-knurled. Get new ones. >Anyone have any knowledge there? What about the guys that say they put >in all stainless steel valves and name brand names? Would going through >the expense of putting in all new springs although some test ok have any >merit? > >Any particular brand bearings for reliability? Why? > >What other "quality" would you build in for reliability and longevity or >efficiency? > >I've never owned a big block before...never even driven one. Maybe I'll >get this big block curiosity out of my system and build a 350 for it >later. > Steve > > > > > >----------------------------------------------------- >To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html >To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _____________________________________________________________ ProPilots Network Email - http://webmail.propilots.net/ _____________________________________________________________ Select your own custom email address for FREE! Get [EMAIL PROTECTED] w/No Ads, 6MB, POP & more! http://www.everyone.net/selectmail?campaign=tag ----------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
